The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad, Volume 4Doubleday, Page, 1921 |
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... sailing - ship leaves upon the white paper of a chart she is always aiming for that one little spot - maybe a small island in the ocean , a single headland upon the long coast of a continent , a light- house on a bluff , or simply the ...
... sailing - ship leaves upon the white paper of a chart she is always aiming for that one little spot - maybe a small island in the ocean , a single headland upon the long coast of a continent , a light- house on a bluff , or simply the ...
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... sail the ship up the east coast . He had not felt equal to the task by himself , for it is the sort of thing that keeps a deep - water man on his feet pretty well night and day . When we arrived in Dundee , Mrs. B was al- ready there ...
... sail the ship up the east coast . He had not felt equal to the task by himself , for it is the sort of thing that keeps a deep - water man on his feet pretty well night and day . When we arrived in Dundee , Mrs. B was al- ready there ...
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... sails , they look very idle and as if asleep . Thus bound , but carefully looked after , inert and powerful , those emblems of hope make company for the look - out man in the night watches ; and so the days glide by , with a long rest ...
... sails , they look very idle and as if asleep . Thus bound , but carefully looked after , inert and powerful , those emblems of hope make company for the look - out man in the night watches ; and so the days glide by , with a long rest ...
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... sails furled on her squared yards , and reflected from truck to water - line in the smooth gleaming sheet of a landlocked harbour , seems , indeed , to a seaman's eye the most perfect picture of slumbering repose . The getting of your ...
... sails furled on her squared yards , and reflected from truck to water - line in the smooth gleaming sheet of a landlocked harbour , seems , indeed , to a seaman's eye the most perfect picture of slumbering repose . The getting of your ...
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... sails , she forges ahead to her chosen berth , the loose canvas fluttering softly in the gear above the heads of the men standing still upon her decks , the master gazing intently for- ward from the break of the poop . Gradually she ...
... sails , she forges ahead to her chosen berth , the loose canvas fluttering softly in the gear above the heads of the men standing still upon her decks , the master gazing intently for- ward from the break of the poop . Gradually she ...
Common terms and phrases
affection amongst anchor appeared asked aspect better body called Cape captain cargo carried chief clear close clouds coast coming commander course craft dark deck docks Dominic earth experience eyes face fact faithful feeling fleet gale give hands hard head heard heart heavy hold hope hour iron keep land less light live London look managed mate matter means mind mood mysterious nature never night North ocean officer once passage passed perhaps port quay racing ready remain remember rest river round sail seaman seemed seen sense ship ship's shore side silent sort soul sound spars stand STANFORD thing thought tone true trust turned UNIVERSITY voice voyage watch weather West wind
Popular passages
Page 72 - And, besides, your modern ship which is a steamship makes her passages on other principles than yielding to the weather and humouring the sea. She receives smashing blows, but she advances; it is a slogging fight, and not a scientific campaign. The machinery, the steel, the fire, the steam have stepped in between the man and the sea.
Page 28 - But a ship is a creature which we have brought into the world, as it were on purpose to keep us up to the mark. In her handling a ship will not put up with a mere pretender, as, for instance, the public will do with Mr. X, the popular statesman, Mr. Y, the popular scientist, or Mr. Z, the popular — what shall we say? — anything from a teacher of high morality to a bagman — who have won their little race. But I would like (though not accustomed to betting) to wager a large sum that not one of...
Page 31 - Like all true art, the general conduct of a ship and her handling in particular cases had a technique which could be discussed with delight and pleasure by men who found in their work, not bread alone, but an outlet for the peculiarities of their temperament.
Page 13 - whether he takes charge of a ship or a fleet, almost invariably 'casts' his anchor. Now, an anchor is never cast, and to take a liberty with technical language is a crime against the clearness, precision, and beauty of perfected speech.
Page 137 - He cannot brook the slightest appearance of defiance, and has remained the irreconcilable enemy of ships and men ever since ships and men had the unheard-of audacity to go afloat together in the face of his frown. From that day he has gone on swallowing up fleets and men without his resentment being glutted by the number of victims — by so many wrecked ships and wrecked lives. To-day, as ever, he is ready to beguile and betray, to smash and to drown the incorrigible optimism of men who, backed...
Page 24 - Efficiency of a practically flawless kind may be reached naturally in the struggle for bread. But there is something beyond — a higher point, a subtle and unmistakable touch of love and pride beyond mere skill; almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art — which is art.
Page 30 - ... inheritance. History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird.
Page 147 - There was nothing wanting in its orderly arrangement—neither piety nor faith, nor the tribute of praise due to the worthy dead, with the edifying recital of their achievement. She had lived, he had loved her; she had suffered, and he was glad she was at rest. It was an excellent discourse. And it was orthodox, too, in its fidelity to the cardinal article of a seaman's faith, of which it was a single-minded confession. "Ships are all right.
Page 21 - He is the man who watches the growth of the cable a sailor's phrase which has all the force, precision, and imagery of technical language that, created by simple men with keen eyes for the real aspect of things they see in their trade, achieves the just expression seizing upon the essential, which is the ambition of the artist in words.
Page 148 - Open to all and faithful to none, it exercises its fascination for the undoing of the best. To love it is not well. It knows no bond of plighted troth, no fidelity to misfortune, to long companionship, to long devotion.